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Awesome 69ers Einar Olsen Charged with the task of moving the world to peaceHere’s
Awesome ‘69er, Einar
Olsen,
who has an amazing life of meditation and
spirituality. Einar and his wife Mary Cathryn
live in Iowa, working to rehabilitate 3.7 acres in the semi-country, which includes a 1910 barn. Einar and Mary Catherine’s lives have
centered around "spiritual matters and their application
to helping people and society solve problems and make
progress."
[Einar
said it's ’semi-country’
but this Iowa big sky is his neighborhood and it looks
very ‘country’ to me! - Mary E]
 Einar
sent this update:
We
are still very focused on property improvement and
development, especially have gotten involved in
learning more about wood chips and mulching. We are
involved with the Sierra Club and other horticultural
and sustainability projects and groups. The
local coordinator of sustainability/permaculture
projects lives next door and that has been a big boon.
We hope to do a lot of projects together on our
properties. An arborist friend of hers has bartered
with me on a lot of projects. I enjoy bartering
work. I've
also been more involved in local politics (Repub for
time being).
 Einar
and Mary Cathryn with face paint, having fun at an
elementary school event
We're
still doing 4 hrs/day of our advanced TM meditations,
and have also gotten very involved with a spiritual
healing recordings of an Australian spiritual healer
named John Douglas. I had four 'miracle' healings last
summer from that method, after I had an appendectomy w
complications. The first miracle was when a hernia that
had been caused by the operation vanished.
Three
dogs are also involved, so we are hearing more
barking and fewer coyotes! I like the coyote
yappings more than barking dogs, but the dogs are
good for security, and for chasing deer and
groundhogs away. I'm
getting good at trapping groundhogs, which is
relatively hard to do, as they are very
smart.
Last
week was a big thrill - I met the world's leading tabla
player (N. Indian classical drums), a super star named
Zakir Hussain. His father was Ravi Shankar's tabla
player (accompanist) and was the most well known tabla
player of that previous generation. I was able to meet
Zakir because my tabla teacher in India in college was
also a student of Zakir's father, and I met his father
and Ravi Shankar. Zakir was very gracious and embraced
us. It was rather emotional; I have been dreaming to do
this somehow for decades but didn't know how it could
happen, but he came to our small town because we have a
big fancy regional theater, and there are many
meditators here interested in Indian music (Zakir has
been a leader in world fusion music also).
 We plan on a big garden and are doing better and better as we learn more and more about gardening. Mary Cathryn cooks all our meals and has a big kitchen scene (I do the dishes, well I try). We do a lot of bulk purchasing and cold storage. We also go to a community potluck every Sunday lunch with about 2 dozen other people. I'm finally exercising daily. Not long, but better than nothing. along with yoga postures twice daily as usual.  Overall
we're in good health, happy, with packed
schedules. Mary
Cathryn just had a partial cornea transplant in one
eye along with cataract surgery, and we drove to
Iowa City recently for a check up. Seems to be going
well. Then she'll have the other eye done. Mary
Cathryn still has her part time bookkeeping job, which
she had just started when we were with you all last (50
Reunion). She works from home, loves it and has gotten
annual raises and works with women friends she has known
for many years.
Anyone
is welcome to drop by. Interstate 80 is just
one hour north of us.
-
Einar & Mary Cathryn
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